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Sunday, October 26, 2014

4th Michaelmas 2014, Lose the Game

4th Michaelmas
October 26, 2014
Revelation 19: 11-16

Tolkovy Apocalypse
And I saw the heavens opening up. And behold, a white horse! And the rider who sat upon it is called faithful and true, who judges justly and battles for justice. His eyes are like flames of fire, and his head wears many crowns, inscribed with a name which no one knows but he himself. The cloak that covers him has been dipped in blood, and he is known by the name “Word of God”.

And the warriors of the sky ride behind him upon white steeds, clad in clean, white linen. And he has a sharp-edged sword coming out of his mouth with which to subdue the nations, and he will shepherd them with a staff of iron. He treads on the winepress holding the wine of the wrath of the will of God, the ruler of all.

And written on his cloak and on his thigh is the name: King of all kings, Lord of all lords.



4th Michaelmas
October 26, 2014
Revelation 19: 11-16

In a game like chess, there are rules. Certain moves are allowed and others aren’t. All the moves are sequential. All the moves will ultimately have their consequences.

God created the greater universe with a certain structural integrity. Things happen in a certain way, in a certain order. There are consequences for everything that happens. Thank goodness!

Last week’s reading gave us the image of the great feminine archetype, the soul of humanity. She is impregnated with the sun-radiant Son of God. She struggles to give birth to the Son of Man, God within and among us. In today’s reading, we hear of how this Son of Man operates when he is fully grown. He battles to maintain the greater order, the order of justice and just consequences. He, humanity’s great I AM, the Creating Word of God, subdues the nations. God’s love for us and ours for Him is not to be supplanted by a nationalistic and warring love of nation that destroys other nations. That time in the game has passed. That belonged to the Gabrielic age, the age of exploration and dominance.


Now we are well into the age of Michael. It is the age of the family of humankind. If humanity continues to make unjust wars based on greed and national interests, we will have to experience the other side of God’s love: we will experience the wrath which is the natural consequence of our defying the greater order. If humanity continues to ignore what is truly just, truly in line with the greater game plan that God has put into place, we will be defeated by our own maneuvers. We will not be allowed to up-end the chess board. If we break the rules, set ourselves against the greater reality of the way things are, we can only ultimately lose the game.